Black British family historian Paul Crooks reveals how he traced his family tree back 200 years to his African ancestor – Ami Djaba.
Paul will discuss how he used his research to reconstruct the historical narrative of Black people enslaved in ex-British colonies in the Caribbean and North America.
You’ll gain an insight into
- how you can discover who you are and where you’re from
- how Paul’s ancestors enslaved in the Caribbean were a collective part of an unstoppable force for change on a grand scale.
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